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The Ministry of Economic Development of Poland requested a reimbursable advisory service to the World Bank to build capacity on impact evaluation for staff of Voivodship and Poviat labor offices engaged in planning, design, and monitoring & evaluation of employment programs and policies.

Thirty-seven government officials from Voivodship and Poviat labor offices and three officials from central ministries participated in the workshop. The workshop was structured in two tracks - technical and policy track. The objective was to teaching participants to appreciate the usefulness of impact evaluations for policy, identify a good evaluation design, and propose an evaluation design useful for their current work. In addition to lectures, these ideas were illustrated through case studies, small group exercises, and demonstrations. The workshop concluded with participants’ presentations of impact evaluation designs for projects that they were working on.

Group Work: Select a program to evaluate and build the results framework
Facilitator: Impact Evaluation Expert
Participants will be assigned to groups to work jointly with participants from the technical track on establishing the results framework for the project in order to define how the program work and the results chain expected. A template is provided to guide the exercise during the week. Team will continue the rest of the week working on the design of the evaluation.

Applications: Evaluations of employment programs in Denmark and LatviaCeline Ferre, World Bank

3:45-4:00 pm

Coffee break

4:00-5:15 pm(plenary session jointly with the technical track)

Group Work II: Evaluation DesignFacilitator: Impact Evaluation Expert
Each team will continue to work on the chosen project with the guidance of a facilitator. The team will define the questions to be answered with the evaluation and the method to be used. A template will be provided to guide the exercise.

Group Work III: Evaluation Design, Data and Sample SizeFacilitator: Impact Evaluation Expert
Each team will continue to work on the design of the evaluation with the guidance of a facilitator. The team will also define the outcomes, indicators and source of data.

5:45 pm

Reception

Friday - February 24, 2017

8:30-10:30 am

Group PresentationsProject teams will present their results to the plenary group using their PowerPoint template. Practical feedback on the design will be given by the faculty, moderators and the other teams.

Group Work: Select a program to evaluate and build the results framework
Moderator: Impact Evaluation Specialists
Participants will be assigned to groups to work jointly with participants from the technical track on establishing the results framework for the project in order to define how the program work and the results chain expected. A template is provided to guide the exercise.

Group Work II: Evaluation DesignFacilitator: Impact Evaluation Expert
Each team will continue to work on the chosen project with the guidance of a facilitator. The team will define the questions to be answered with the evaluation and the method to be used. A template will be provided to guide the exercise.

5:15-5:30 pm

Closing and CertificatesJulieta Trias, World Bank
Lucilla Bruni, World Bank

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